The Imjin War

Land and Economic gain was the main factor in the Japanese invasion of Korea.
Rember to check Ebscohost, and Proquest

Facts and Fallacies about Korea. Edited by Yong Taik Sohn and Kwang Jae Kim.
Seoul, Korea: Korean Educational Development Institute, 1998.
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An interesting collection of articles produced by an agency of the Korean

government aimed at debunking various misconceptions about Korea. What is
interesting in terms of relevance towards the essay is that they talk about Korea
being a derivative solely of Japan or China. They reject the notion of Korea as a
Japanese colony saying that it was justification for the invasion in 19 th century.
They also say that while there was substantial influence by China a Korean
nation and people existed prior to Chinese intervention.

Hur, Nam-Lin. "THE IMJIN WAR: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and
Attempt to Conquer China." Pacific Affairs 79, no. 4 (Winter2006 2006): 695-697.
Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 15, 2016).
The Identity of the Korean People: A history of legitimacy on the Korean Peninsula.
Edited by Suh Kuk-sung, Kim Young-soo, Park Il-sung, Lee Jeong-soo, and Lee Se-jin.
Seoul, Korea: National Unification Board, 1983
Kim, Joy S. "The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt
to Conquer China." Korean Studies 32, (January 2008): 186-188. Academic Search
Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed January 15, 2016).
Kim, Myongsob. 2014. "Why No Westphalia-like Peace Order after the Toyotomi
Hideyoshi War in Korea (1592-98)?". Korea Observer 45, no. 1: 117-152,
http://search.proquest.com.byui.idm.oclc.org/docview/1549257907?
accountid=9817.
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A comparative essay trying to explain why there wasnt a peace treaty like there
was after the 100 years war. The summary of the essay was that the cultural
and social conditions of the Far East were not conclusive to a Peace of
Westphalia type treaty. None of the three participants of the Imjin war were
particularly interested in excluding the option of attacking each other.

Japan: a country study. Edited by Ronald E. Dolan and Robert L. Worden.

Headquarters, Washington, Department of the Army, 1992.
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A case study of Japan, its culture and its people, by the United States
Department of Defense. It is careful to note in the that it: represent[s] the
analysis of the authors and should not be construed as an expression of an
official United States government position, policy, or decision. It contains a
small section to the Imjin War and much information on the war.

Latourette, Kenneth Scott. The Chinese Their History and Culture. (New York: The
Macmillan Company, 1968)
Lee, Peter H. 1990. "The "Imjin nok", or the "Record of the Black Dragon Year": An
Introduction.". Korean Studies 14: 50,

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accountid=9817.
Lewis, James B. and Kenneth M. Swope. 2011. "A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's
Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598.". International
Journal of Asian Studies 8, no. 1: 73-80,
http://search.proquest.com.byui.idm.oclc.org/docview/878477151?accountid=9817.
Osgood, Cornelius. The Koreans and their Culture. New York: The Ronald Press
Company, 1951.
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An extensive historical and cultural review of Korea. It mentions the Imjin war
but its worth to this essay is more about the perspective of the Korean people,
their self-identity and how the war interacts and builds on that.

Sang-woon, Jeon. A history of Korean Science and Technology. Singapore: National

University of Singapore, 2011.
Sanson, George. A History of Japan: 1334 1615. Stanford, California: Stanford
University Press, 1961.
Swope, Kenneth M. 2005. "Crouching Tigers, Secret Weapons: Military Technology
Employed During the Sino-Japanese-Korean War, 1592-1598.". The Journal of
Military History 69, no. 1: 11-41,
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Yu, SongnYong. The Book of Corrections: Reflections on the National Crisis during
the Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-1598. Translated by Choi Byonghyon.
Berkeley, California; University of California.
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A translation of Yun SongnYongs The Book of Corrections. Yun Songnyon/Ryu

Seong-ryong was the court scholar of the Joseon dynasty, the ruling dynasty of
Korea at the time of the Korean war. This is his reflections and perceptions of the
war, what happened, why it happened and, most importantly to him, how to
stop it from happening again.